Alexander Dinwiddie, Merchant in Glasgow

ALEXANDER DINWIDDIE

Merchant in Glasgow; Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

Alexander Dinwiddie is the son of Lawrence Dinwiddie, and his wife, Sarah Gartshore. He was born before 15 March 1694, the date upon which his baptism was registered at High Church parish in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

For a transcript of his baptismal record see [Electric Scotland: High Kirk Baptisms, Vol. 8 1698-99] http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/dinwiddie3.html

DINWIDDIE ALEXANDER
LAURENCE DINWIDDIE/SARAH GARTSHORE
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24/07/1705
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80 297
Glasgow

Burgess and guild brother of Glasgow

Alexander Dinwiddie was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of the burgh of Glasgow on 19 April 1744. The burgh council admitted him in right of his father, he being the second son of the deceased Lawrence Dinwiddie, merchant, burgess and guild brother of Glasgow: "conforme to an act of council dated 9 December 1742

Glasgow Burgesses 1573-1750: 452

Cousin to Robert Dinwiddie of Airdrie

According to Alexander Brown, Alexander Dinwiddie is the first cousin of Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1751-58 [Alexander Brown, D.C.L., The Cabells and their Kin, A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, MDCCCXCV), pp. 435-36] https://archive.org/stream/cabellstheirkinm00brow#page/435/mode/1up